Jeremiah 27:2 “This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of lea…”

Jeremiah 27:2

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

World English Bible

the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.

American Standard Version

Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus saith the Lord to me, Make thee bonds, and yokes, and put them vpon thy necke,

Darby Translation

Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;

Young's Literal Translation

'Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;

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Cross references

“saith the Lord”

Amos 7:1 Amos 7:4

Amos 7:1 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.

Amos 7:4 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

“Make”

Jeremiah 27:12 Jeremiah 28:10–14

Jeremiah 27:12 · BSB

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 28:10–14 · BSB

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

“put”

Jeremiah 13:1–11 Jeremiah 18:2–10 Jeremiah 19:1–11 Isaiah 20:2–4 Ezekiel 4:1–5 Ezekiel 12:1–28

Jeremiah 13:1–11 · BSB

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

Jeremiah 18:2–10 · BSB

“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”

Jeremiah 19:1–11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

Isaiah 20:2–4 · BSB

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

Ezekiel 4:1–5 · BSB

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 12:1–28 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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